Ornamented rubber ball.



0. Wm SCIVER.

ORNAMENTED RUBBER BA'LL.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 19, I915.

11,178,36 1 Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGIAPH 110., WASHINGTON. D. c.

CHETWOOD VAN SCIVER, 0F LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO LAMBERT-VILLE RUBBER. COMPANY, OF LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

onnennnrnn RUBBER BALL.

Application filed April 19, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHn'rwooD VAN Sorvnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lambertville, in the county ofHunterdon and State of New Jersey, haveinvented new and usefulImprovements in Ornamented Rubber Balls, of which the follow ing is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in ornamented rubber balls.

The objects of the invention are to provide a rubber ball of a novel,distinctive and extremely attractive appearance, ornamented in colorswith designs of any desired selection, difiering entirely in appearance,however, from the ordinary painted rubber ball and more nearlyresembling a ball having its surface of textile material in which thecolored designs are woven or printed; and to provide a rubber ballornamented with suitable designs in colors, which may be produced at aminimum of cost.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a ball in accordance with theinvention, the single figure being an elevation of the improved ball.

According to the present invention, the improved ball is ornamented withdesigns of suitable selection in one or more colors. The coloring mediumemployed is anilin dye or paint and this medium is applied directly tothe rubber surface of the ballby the use of an air brush, the ball beingpreferably revolved at relatively slow speed in a suitable lathe duringthe manipulation of the air brush.

The ball ornamented in the manner above described has the generalappearance of a ball covered with textile material in which the coloreddesigns are woven or printed. The surface of the ball, both where it iscolored and where it is plain, is of a uniform dullness throughout thearea of the ball; and the lines or figures in colors on the ball, whilehaving definiteness as to their direction and form, lack definiteness asto their bounds and gradually shade off into the uncolored portions ofthe ball. Thus, while the design with which the ball is ornamented isdefined with perfect clearness, the ornamentation is characterized'by alack of bril- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. at, 1916. Serial No. 22,398.

liancy or harshness and by a lack of definite demarcation between thedull or subdued colored lines of the design and the similarly dull orsubdued neutral colored exposed surfaces of the rubber. In this way, thedesign, as a whole, is uniformly subdued throughout the entire surfaceof the ball.

The peculiar effects obtained are doubtless due, in part, to the partialabsorption of some of the anilin dye by the rubber; to the dull, neutralcolored surface of the rubber; and to the fact that when the lines areapplied by an air brush there is a lack of uniformity in theirapplication, the lines being relatively wide and being more intensethroughout their central portions than throughout their marginalportions which fade or shade imperceptibly into the adja cent area's,whether such areas be the colored areas of other lines or the neutralcolor of the rubber. The invention has been designated, for convenience,as an ornamented rubber ball, but obviously includes within its scopeballs having similar ornamental effects where such effects are due tothe use of anilin dyes or paints applied with an air brush against adull, neutral surface capable of partly absorbing the anilin dyes orpaints.

Having fully described my invention, I claim 1. As a new article ofmanufacture and sale, a rubber ball having its rubber surface ornamentedwith any desired lines or figures by blowing directly against the samean anilin dye or paint.

2. As a new article of manufacture and sale, a ball having a dull,neutral colored surface capable of partially absorbing an anilin dye andornamented with any desired lines or figures by the direct applicationto said surface of an anilin dye or paint blown against the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GHETWOOD VAN SCIVER.

l/Vitnesses:

J. WM. FIsHnR, CHARLOTTE LYMAN.

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